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Holiday shopping marathon starts as consumer sentiment shaky
Reuters: Business News
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Add this to the list of things some people are thankful for: stores open on Thanksgiving Day. That's how Janet Guerrero, 24, felt when shopping on Thursday afternoon at a Wal-Mart in Westbury, Long Island, because she had nothing to wear to dinner. "It's an emergency," she ...
Traffic should be up this holiday season, but promotional activity will be heightened as consumers continue to demand a good bargain, says Morningstar's R.J. Hottovy.